Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw

1980-10-14 Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK 64 Credits

Biography

Benjamin John "Ben" Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English actor who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Whishaw is best known for his breakthrough role as Hamlet, his roles in the television series Nathan Barley, Criminal Justice, The Hour and London Spy; and film roles including Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), I'm Not There (2007), Bright Star (2009), Brideshead Revisited (2008), Cloud Atlas (2012), The Lobster (2015) and Suffragette (2015). He has also played the role...

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Peter Hujar's Day

Peter Hujar's Day

2025

as Peter Hujar

6.0
Acting

A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s do...

Paddington in Peru

Paddington in Peru

2024

as Paddington Brown (voice)

6.9
Acting

Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling ad...

An A to Z of Paddington

An A to Z of Paddington

2024

as Self

Acting

Dive deep into the lore and influence of Paddington in this feel-good documentary composed of beautiful illustrations and interviews with famous fans.

Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing

Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing

2024

as Narrator

Acting

Follows the life of Alan Turing and roughly 49,000 other men who were convicted and imprisoned for the "crime" of gross indecency.

In Heat

In Heat

2024

Acting

A recovering sex addict sits on the edge of a beach car park, looking to cruise, while talking on an addiction helpline – with a husband patiently wai...

Limonov: The Ballad

Limonov: The Ballad

2024

as Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov

6.4
Acting

A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beauti...

Bad Behaviour

Bad Behaviour

2023

as Elon Bello

5.0
Acting

Lucy, a former child actor, seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon while she navigates her close yet turbulent relationship wit...

Bad Behaviour

Bad Behaviour

2023

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

Lucy, a former child actor, seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon while she navigates her close yet turbulent relationship wit...

Passages

Passages

2023

as Martin

6.3
Acting

Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young sc...

Good Boy

Good Boy

2023

as Danny

7.2
Acting

Out of money and out of luck, Danny is determined to turn his life around, but the interventions of his anarchic mum and the reappearance of figures f...

Women Talking

Women Talking

2022

as August

6.9
Acting

A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.

Ungentle

Ungentle

2022

as Narrator (voice)

5.5
Acting

A film exploring the complicated relationship between British espionage and male homosexuality.

Paddington Meets The Queen

Paddington Meets The Queen

2022

as Paddington (voice)

Acting

Paddington learns that The Queen also loves marmalade sandwiches. He shows Her Majesty where he hides his sandwiches, and The Queen also shows where s...

Designing Bond

2021

as Self

Acting

Production designer Mark Tildesley and costume designer Suttirat Anne Larlarb, along with cast and other filmmakers, discuss the inspiration, challeng...

No Time to Die

No Time to Die

2021

as Q

7.4
Acting

Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns ...

Being James Bond

Being James Bond

2021

as Q (archive footage)

7.7
Acting

Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the upcoming...

Miss Fortunate

Miss Fortunate

2021

as Humourless Man

Acting

If luck is a lady, grief is a bitch. A young woman loses her mother and finds herself.

Surge

Surge

2020

as Joseph

5.5
Acting

A man goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation through London. After he robs a bank he releases a wilder version of himself, ultimately ...

The Personal History of David Copperfield

The Personal History of David Copperfield

2019

as Uriah Heep

6.4
Acting

A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chron...

Little Joe

Little Joe

2019

as Chris

5.7
Acting

Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her teenage son Joe, develops a new variety of flower that is s...

O Holy Ghost

O Holy Ghost

2019

as Charmaine

Acting

A mixture of rapture and disenchantment, O HOLY GHOST follows the inner experiences of two believers at opposite ends of the spiritual spectrum.

Mary Poppins Returns

Mary Poppins Returns

2018

as Michael Banks

6.5
Acting

Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.

Palo Santo

Palo Santo

2018

as Palo Santo Hologram

6.0
Acting

Palo Santo, a city on a distant planet, on which human beings are a rare commodity, worshipped and idolized by an android society. Olly, along with th...

National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

2018

as Marcus Brutus

7.5
Acting

Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspi...

His Picture In Little

His Picture In Little

2018

Acting

A portrait of three actors of different generations who have all portrayed Hamlet: David Warner, Stephen Dillane and Ben Whishaw.

Paddington 2

Paddington 2

2017

as Paddington Brown (voice)

7.5
Acting

Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.

Family Happiness

Family Happiness

2017

as The Brother

Acting

A story about small cruelties, adult bullying, and the power of a brothers unconditional love for his complex little sister.

A Hologram for the King

A Hologram for the King

2016

as Dave

5.8
Acting

Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Ea...

In the Heart of the Sea

In the Heart of the Sea

2015

as Herman Melville

6.8
Acting

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almo...

The Danish Girl

The Danish Girl

2015

as Henrik

7.6
Acting

When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as L...

Spectre

Spectre

2015

as Q

6.6
Acting

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret servic...

Suffragette

Suffragette

2015

as Sonny Watts

7.2
Acting

Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and m...

The Lobster

The Lobster

2015

as Limping Man

7.0
Acting

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partne...

Unity

Unity

2015

as Narrator (voice)

7.5
Acting

Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one anothe...

Paddington

Paddington

2014

as Paddington (voice)

7.1
Acting

A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, w...

Days and Nights

Days and Nights

2014

as Eric

4.5
Acting

Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. A modern retelling of Anton Chek...

Lilting

Lilting

2014

as Richard

7.0
Acting

A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, ...

The Muse

The Muse

2014

as Edward

8.2
Acting

Legend has it that if a human man falls in love with a mermaid she will grow legs; legs that will, if she so desires, carry her far, far away from the...

Beat

Beat

2013

as Man

7.0
Acting

A film about a man walking a paper-thin line between hopelessness and euphoria, testing and pushing the boundaries of conventions and impulse.

The Zero Theorem

The Zero Theorem

2013

as Doctor 3

6.1
Acting

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they s...

Teenage

Teenage

2013

as British Boy (voice)

6.2
Acting

Teenagers did not exist before the 20th century. Not until the early 1950s did the term gain widespread recognition, but "Teenage" offers compelling e...

Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

2012

as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman

6.9
Acting

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and con...

Skyfall

Skyfall

2012

as Q

7.2
Acting

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to he...

The Tempest

The Tempest

2010

as Ariel

5.4
Acting

An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's Prospero) is the usurped ruler of Milan who has been ban...

Bright Star

Bright Star

2009

as John Keats

6.6
Acting

In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her f...

Love Hate

Love Hate

2009

as Tom

8.0
Acting

A sweet-natured charity worker finds his life turned upside down, when he falls in love with a mysterious woman.

Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited

2008

as Sebastian Flyte

6.3
Acting

Artist Charles Ryder runs into aristocrat Julia Flyte and recalls his friendship with her eccentric family prior to the outbreak of the Second World W...

I'm Not There

I'm Not There

2007

as Arthur

6.5
Acting

Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger...

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

2006

as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille

7.4
Acting

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest pe...

Stoned

Stoned

2005

as Keith Richards

5.2
Acting

A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks a...

Enduring Love

Enduring Love

2004

as Spud

5.7
Acting

Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a...

Layer Cake

Layer Cake

2004

as Sidney

6.9
Acting

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime an...

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

2004

as Bruno

7.3
Acting

Remake of the 1976 TV drama by Jack Rosenthal. An extra in a TV drama is finally given a line to say. He goes on to cause mounting chaos

77 Beds

77 Beds

2003

as Ishmael

8.0
Acting

One sleepless night Ishmael, a young spacey urban nomad, starts counting back through all the beds he has ever slept in.

The Booze Cruise

The Booze Cruise

2003

as Daniel

7.3
Acting

A group of men from Kent; Clive (Martin Clunes), Rob (Neil Pearson), Dave (Mark Benton), Maurice (Brian Murphy) and Daniel (Ben Whishaw) - go on a boo...

Spiritual Rampage

2003

as Eric

Acting

Two boys go to a park to look for girls. Unusually, one of them is doing it for Lord Krishna.

My Brother Tom

My Brother Tom

2001

as Tom

5.9
Acting

A teenage girl, Jessica, befriends a teenage boy called Tom, who is bullied by a local gang. She is abused by Jack, who is both her neighbour and scho...

Baby

Baby

2000

as Little Joe

6.5
Acting

A teenage boy finds all around him has sexual overtones as he lives a teenage life of drugs and masturbation.

The Escort

The Escort

1999

as Jay

5.3
Acting

Fleeing from his wife in France to London, 45-year-old Pierre is barely able to support himself. He meets friendly Tom, who offers to help him make en...

The Trench

The Trench

1999

as Pte. James Deamis

5.3
Acting

The Trench tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, the worst defeat in Briti...

All Signs of Death

N/A

as Web

Acting

Centers on an inveterate twenty-something slacker who stumbles into a career as a crime scene cleaner, only to find himself entangled with a murder my...

Paddington 4

Paddington 4

N/A

as Paddington Brown (voice)

Acting

Plot TBA. The fourth installment in the Paddington series.

Diamond Shitter

N/A

as Nigel

Acting

In Geneva's wealthy international circles, privileged expatriates navigate their luxurious lives while dealing with personal dramas and hidden secrets...

The Man I Love

N/A

Acting